Kurt Leube is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution of the Stanford University and guest professor at various European and South American universities. He was educated in Germany and Austria and is well-known as a very close disciple of Friedrich A. von Hayek. He has edited various works, including The Essence of Hayek (with Chiaki Nishiyama); The Essence of Stigler (with Thomas Moore) and The Essence of Friedman.